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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=317220&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

Dizzying Growth in Haredi Town on West Bank

(Ha'aretz) - Nadav Shragai In 1996, Betar Ilit - an ultra-Orthodox (haredi) town south of Jerusalem next to the "green line" - comprised 5,000 people and 1,200 households. Today it has a population of 24,000 and 4,700 households. Each year there are 1,700 newborns in Betar Ilit, and young couples settle in 500 new apartments, giving the town an annual increase of 3,000 to 3,500 new residents. Some 3,000 homes are in various stages of completion.

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